Show #4222 2002-12-31 (taped 2002-09-24) Regular

(Cheryl: We're at Westminster Abbey; stay tuned to find out more onJeopardy!)

Contestants

Nancy Hoy — a homemaker from San Diego, California

Brandon Grace — a county government employee from Anderson, South Carolina

Steve Frost — a technology salesman from Mountain View, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $34,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Steve $2,000 $7,600 $11,600 $8,399
2nd place: $2,000
$11,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Brandon $2,800 $1,600 $13,800 $23,800
New champion: $23,800
$12,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Nancy $200 $1,200 $3,600 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$3,600
7 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

"P"-RUSSIA GAME SHOW FORMATS THE 7 WONDERS WESTMINSTER ABBEY A BROAD-BASED MOVEMENT BODY LANGUAGE
$200 [1]
This czar gave Russia a "window to the west" when he built a new capital on land taken from Sweden
Peter the Great
Steve
$200 [2]
To start each round, 4 people from the audience each try to guess the correct cost of a featured prize
The Price is Right
Brandon
$200 [3]
We sort of know what the Statue of Zeus looked like because it was reproduced on these of the realm
coins
$200 [12]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Since 1066, every British monarch except 2 have come to Westminster Abbey for this ceremony
coronation
Brandon Nancy
$200 [26]
The DAR
Daughters of the American Revolution
Steve
$200 [21]
If these are "burning", someone is talking about you
ears
Nancy
$400 [17]
In the 2000 presidential election he got 53% of the vote
Vladimir Putin
Steve
$400 [8]
With the help of 3 lifelines, a contestant tries to answer 15 questions to win a cool 7 figures
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Steve
$400 [4]
They were located on terraces that possibly rose some 300 feet
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Brandon
$400 [13]
You should visit this astronomer royal's plot in the cloister more often than once every 76 years
Edmond Halley
Nancy
$400 [27]
The YWCA
Young Women's Christian Association
Nancy
$400 [22]
Something extremely obvious is "as plain as" this
the nose on your face
Steve
$800 [19]
Russian for "restructuring", it was part of Gorbachev's effort to fix the economy
perestroika
Nancy
$600 [9]
A member of the opposite sex asks questions of 3 hidden contestants & then picks 1 to go out with
The Dating Game
Brandon
$600 [5]
Made of bronze, it was destroyed by an earthquake in 224 B.C.
Colossus of Rhodes
Brandon
$600 [14]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reporting from London) Over 30 million of Britain's 58 million people watched this event from Westminster Abbey September 6, 1997
Princess Diana's Funeral
Steve
$600 [28]
The LPGA
Ladies Professional Golf Association
Brandon
$600 [23]
If you have a desire to travel, these are "itchy"
your feet
Nancy
DD $1,000 [18]
This 1904 Nobel winner was director of the physiology dept. at the Institute of Experimental Medicine
Ivan Pavlov
Steve
$800 [10]
2 contestants try to duplicate the answers given by 6 celebrities to funny fill-in-the-blank sentences
The Match Game
Steve
$800 [6]
An earthquake in the 13th century signaled the loss of this--signal
Lighthouse at Alexandria
Brandon
$800 [15]
In the fall of 1939 these talented boys had to be evacuated from the abbey to Sussex, but they were back in 1947
the choirboys
$800 [29]
NOW
National Organization for Women
Steve Brandon
$800 [24]
No one would understand if you literally "spoke wth" this--it means what was said is meant to be humorous
tongue-in-cheek
Steve
$1,000 [20]
This composer's "Peter and the Wolf" is for narrator & orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev
Nancy
$1,000 [11]
3 people all claim to be the same specific person
To Tell the Truth
Steve
$1,000 [7]
As always, invading Goths got the blame for destroying her temple at Ephesus
Artemis/Diana
Steve
$1,000 [16]
His body came to Westminster Abbey from Africa, arriving after an 11-month journey in 1874
Dr. David Livingstone
$1,000 [30]
They sponsor debates:the LWV
League of Women Voters
Steve
$1,000 [25]
An automatic or unthinking response, like when the doctor taps your patellar tendon
knee-jerk reaction
Steve Brandon

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRUSSIA ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS THE MOON TAKE THE KIDS! SHOW BIZ DADS SPECIAL "K"
$400 [15]
The state of Prussia was legally abolished in this decade of the 20th century
1940s (1947)
Steve
$400 [14]
Writer of 37 plays & 154 sonnets:WE ALL MAKE HIS PRAISE
William Shakespeare
Steve Brandon
$400 [3]
The number of times the moon rotates on its axis during each trip around the Earth
1
Brandon
$400 [1]
If you stay at Cradle Mountain Lodge in this country, your tykes may get to see some Tasmanian devils
Australia
Steve
$400 [8]
Liza's dad, he staged musical numbers for movies before he started directing them
Vincente Minnelli
Nancy
$400 [10]
These gold coins introduced in 1967 are minted in the South African city of Centurion
Krugerrands
Brandon
$1,200 [17]
Wilhelm I's prime minister & imperial chancellor, he certainly ironed out Prussia's problems
Otto von Bismarck
$800 [19]
A scandalous Irishman, my parents were also writers:I LACE WORDS
Oscar Wilde
Brandon
$800 [4]
At 183 miles wide & 13,000 feet deep, Bailly is the largest distinct one of these
crater
Brandon
$800 [2]
Pinching pennies? The Lincoln Park Zoo in this Midwest city has something rare: free admission
Chicago
Brandon
$800 [9]
This star of "Going My Way" left Gary & his other sons a trust fund they couldn't touch until age 65
Bing Crosby
$800 [11]
In 1968 this American leader prophetically shared, "I've looked over and I've seen the promised land"
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Brandon
$1,600 [18]
In the Franco-Prussian War France lost this hyphenated territory that it & Germany still wrangle over
Alsace-Lorraine
Steve
$1,200 [20]
This American adventurist armed his boat & hunted German subs in the Caribbean during WWII:WEIGHTY MAN, SNEER
Ernest Hemingway
Brandon
$1,200 [5]
This rugged lunar mountain range that shares its name with an Italian range rises to over 15,000 feet
Apennines
$1,200 [24]
Eek! A frightening "Fearfall" at Universal Orlando is named for this "doctor", the Fantastic Four's foe
Doctor Doom
Brandon
$1,200 [12]
Considering her an exemplary figure, George Bernard Shaw said to her, "I wish all Americans were as blind as you"
Helen Keller
Steve
DD $1,800 [16]
Prussia got its start as the German district of this, found in the title of Bach concertos
Brandenburg
Brandon
$1,600 [21]
He hated "busyness" & built the cabin he lived in:A VERY HIDDEN AUTHOR
Henry David Thoreau
Steve
DD $1,600 [6]
In the first words spoken from the moon's surface, these 4 words follow "Houston. Tranquility Base here..."
"The Eagle has Landed"
Brandon
$1,600 [26]
Sand yachting across the dunes will thrill your kids at De Panne, 16 miles southwest of Ostend in this country
Belgium
$1,600 [13]
It stands in the center of Saudi Arabia's Grand Mosque
the Kaaba
$2,000 [25]
A Prussian maritime province is thought to be the original name of this dog, seen here
Pomeranian
$2,000 [23]
A poet who became a senator of the Irish Free State:I'M A SUBTLE WIT, REALLY
William Butler Yeats
Brandon
$2,000 [7]
On Dec. 24, 1968 the crew from this U.S. lunar mission became the first men to look upon the moon's far side
Apollo 8
$2,000 [22]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports) From the Japanese for "pattern", it's the general name for a choreographed karate training sequence
kata
Nancy

Final Jeopardy!

SOUTH AMERICA

Alphabetically, they're the first & last of the 7 countries where the Andes are found

Argentina & Venezuela

Nancy "What are Argentina & Peru?" — wagered $3,599
Steve "What are Argentina & Peru?" — wagered $3,201
Brandon "What [is] are Argentina & Venezuela" — wagered $10,000

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